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BSNL deploys WiMAX in Dhakor and Assam

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
25 February 2010
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  • Central South Asia
  • India
  • WiMAX
  • BSNL

This month, BSNL will roll out WiMAX services in Dhakor of Greater Noida, which is located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The area is under the remit of the Indian National Capital Region...

Bulgaria’s Vivacom chooses Alcatel-Lucent for its strategic transformation

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Category: Wireless Networks
25 February 2010
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  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Bulgaria
  • Vivacom

Alcatel-Lucent and Bulgarian telco Vivacom have signed a five-year partnership focusing on the end-to-end strategic transformation of Vivacom’s fixed and mobile network throughout the country. Vivacom is outsourcing end-to-end network operations to Alcatel-Lucent as of March 1, 2010...

Companies and Markets: Varied fortunes for Central American markets

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Category: Trends & Forecasts
24 February 2010
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  • Latin America
  • Panama
  • Costa Rica
  • Honduras
  • Belize
  • Companies and Markets

A new report from Companies and Markets provides a detailed analysis of the Central American telecoms market, listing great successes as well as markets which the authors considered to be under-achievers...

Trace Systems wins $US55 million IT contract in support of Afghan network centre

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Category: Wireless Networks
24 February 2010
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  • Central South Asia
  • IT
  • Afghanistan
  • Defence

A new contract signed by Trace Systems will be supporting US Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A), including the Joint Network Operations Control Centre. Valued at over US$55 million, the contract will involve more than 40 IT experts supporting the Joint Network Operations Control Center in Afghanistan...

Suntrica issues new solar-powered charger for rural villages

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Category: Energy & Sustainability
24 February 2010
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  • Rural
  • Global
  • Emerging Markets
  • Solar
  • Chargers

  Suntrica has brought out a new range of solar-powered chargers, including a community charger for rural villages in emerging markets, as well as and chargers for iPods and iPhones...

Zain Africa in Bharti Airtel’s sights - for US$10.7 billion

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Category: Investment
23 February 2010
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  • Service Providers
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Acquisitions
  • Zain
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Nabil Bin Salama
  • Saad Al Barrak
Bharti Airtel has bid almost US$11 billion for Zain Africa. Negotiations around the bid will continue until 25 March - at present there is no guarantee that the current bid will be successful. It may well be the case that this week’s resignation by Zain CEO Dr Saad Al Barrak reflects a disagreement at board level regarding Bharti’s bid...

Digicel Pacific chooses Eltek Valere hybrid solar power for wireless network

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Category: Energy & Sustainability
23 February 2010
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  • Asia-Pacific
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Eltek Valere
  • Digical Pacific
  • Wholesale Applications Community
  • Hybrid
Digicel Pacific is optimising its remote network site power by combining diesel and solar power equipment from Eltek Valere. The generator sets will be supplied with a solar-powered Wholesale Applications Community Papua New Guinea...

Apple’s App Store challenged by 24 carriers worldwide

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Category: Consumer Ecosystems
23 February 2010
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  • Global
  • Apple
  • Wholesale Applications Community

Two dozen carriers worldwide have taken the opportunity of the Mobile World Congress to unveil what they describe as the “Wholesale Applications Community,” an “open international applications platform.” It is generally accepted that the lobby has been formed to respond to the success of the Apple iPhone App Store...

fonYou Telecom lets operators get on the Cloud

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James Barton
Category: Cloud & Virtualisation
22 February 2010
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  • Global
  • Cloud Services
  • fonYou

After its success in Spain, mobile operator fonYou Telecom is to offer its Online Mobile Telephony platform to other mobile network operators...

NEC demonstrates Digital Signage Solution at Mobile World Congress 2010

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
22 February 2010
9857 views
  • Global
  • NEC
  • Cloud Computing

NEC Corporation showcased its new digital signage solution at Mobile World Congress. The new solution, a full scale digital signage service named “PanelDirector”, is a cutting-edge advertisement distribution application service that enables telecom carriers to offer a first-class cloud service to their corporate customers while generating additional revenue...

CelleBrite unveils new updates for its Universal Forensic Extraction Device Physical Pro System

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
22 February 2010
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  • Global
  • CelleBrite

CelleBrite Ltd., a provider of mobile forensic solutions, announced application upgrades to the UFED family of products at Mobile World Congress 2010...

ITU further strengthens Haiti’s communications networks

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James Barton
Category: Humanitarian Comms
22 February 2010
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  • Latin America
  • ITU
  • Caribbean
  • WiMAX
  • Haiti
  • WiFi

ITU has signed an important Cooperation Agreement with Singapore-based smartBridges Solutions, a leading provider of wireless broadband equipment, to provide WiMAX and WiFi systems to strengthen ITU’s on-the-ground disaster response capabilities...

LSI Announces Next-Generation Multiservice Processor for Wireless Networks

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
19 February 2010
6018 views
  • Global
  • Multicore Processors

LSI Corporation has announced its next-generation link communication processor designed to allow migration of network traffic to IP-based networks...

Genaker delivers Push-to-Talk for iPhone and BlackBerry

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
12547 views
  • Global
  • iPhone
  • BlackBerry
  • Push-to-Talk

Genaker, a supplier of mobile business productivity solutions, has unveiled a Push-to-Talk over Cellular client, based on the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) standard for iPhone and BlackBerry devices...

Comarch releases a comprehensive solution for satellite internet access providers

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
19 February 2010
8289 views
  • BSS
  • Global
  • Comarch
  • CRM

In response to the growing needs of satellite broadband providers, Comarch has developed a solution combining pre-integrated CRM, BSS and network management systems...

Cystelcom presents new innovations at Mobile World Congress

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
8359 views
  • Global
  • 3G
  • Mobile Video

Cystelcom Sistemas, a supplier of 3G mobile video solutions, unveiled the latest innovations from their Veedia 3G Mobile Video Solutions line at Mobile World Congress...

Conexant and AnyDATA Deliver Solutions for 3G ‘Connected’ Consumer Device and Security Applications

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
8050 views
  • Security
  • Global
  • 3G
  • AnyDATA

Conexant Systems, a provider of semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications, has teamed with AnyDATA Corporation to deliver “connected” frame and home security reference designs for products used in 3G broadband cellular networks...

Communigate Systems announces iPeachy 3D Photo application

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
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  • Global
  • iPhone
  • CommuniGate Systems

CommuniGate Systems took the opportunity of Mobile World Congress 2010 to announce iPeachy3D from iPeachy...

Genasys and GyPSii bring social applications to Telefonica’s LatAm subscribers

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
9012 views
  • Latin America
  • Telefonica
  • Applications
  • Social Networking
  • GyPSii

GyPSii has been selected by Genasys as its exclusive mobile social network partner. In partnership with Telefonica, they will launch a consumer-focused application to subscribers across Latin America...

Teleca and Imagination Technologies collaborate for Flash platforms

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
6065 views
  • Global
  • Teleca
  • Imagination Technologies
  • Flash
  • Adobe

Teleca and Imagination Technologies have announced that they will collaborate to create a range of optimised demonstration platforms for Flash and Flash Lite...

Teleca and Imagination Technologies collaborate for Flash platforms

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
5316 views
  • Global
  • Teleca
  • Imagination Technologies
  • Flash
  • Adobe

Teleca and Imagination Technologies have announced that they will collaborate to create a range of optimised demonstration platforms for Flash and Flash Lite...

Kyivstar selects Comverse Platform to deliver mobile advertising direct to handsets

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
11223 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • Advertising
  • Comverse
  • Kyivstar

Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, has selected Comverse to deploy a multi-channel mobile advertising platform in its network, allowing Kyivstar to launch targeted promotional campaigns to its subscribers...

Marvell announces new app processor for HD smartphones

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
19 February 2010
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  • Global
  • Smartphones

Marvell, a provider of integrated silicon solutions, announced the newest addition to the ARMADA family of application processors at Mobile World Congress 2010..

First validated test cases for LTE certification approved by GCF

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
19 February 2010
8776 views
  • Test and Measurement
  • Global
  • LTE
  • Certification

The first test cases required for an LTE device certification scheme have been validated and approved by GCF, the Global Certification Forum...

OMTP announces latest BONDI release 1.1 and new cross platform widgets

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
19 February 2010
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  • Global

 OMTP has announced the newest release of its BONDI terminal initiative which is gaining increasing industry support...

Astellia showcases 360° QoE & network visibility at Mobile World Congress 2010

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James Barton
Category: Service Management
18 February 2010
7065 views
  • Global
  • Astellia

Astellia has  unveiled Trending & Aggregation Corporate at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona...

Intrinsyc Announces Android RapidRIL Support for ZiiLABS Cellular Platforms

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
18 February 2010
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  • Global
  • Android

Intrinsyc Software International, a global wireless software solutions provider, demonstrated its latest Android RapidRIL on ZiiLABS’ cellular Development Kit at Mobile World Congress...

Sendandsee mobiprint integrates Twitter tweets and pictures into mobile services enabling mobile advertising integration

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
18 February 2010
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  • Global
  • Twitter
  • Integration

Sendandsee has implemented a method for content owners to catch the relevant discussions and images on Twitter and integrate them into the content owner’s own mobile service enabling automated integration of user-generated content and tweet monetization...

Movirtu debuts new information service for people earning less than $2 a day

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
18 February 2010
8849 views
  • Rural
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Movirtu
  • Emerging Markets
  • Information Services

Movirtu, a supplier of network infrastructure solutions for mobile operators servicing rural poor communities, will bring communications capability to a major new market, with the announcement and debut of MXInfo at Mobile World Congress...

ADC: 4G Wireless services will suffer without key changes in network architecture

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
18 February 2010
9609 views
  • Global
  • 4G
  • Antenna
  • ADC
  • Coverage
  • DAS

With demand increasing for super-fast, dynamic broadband services and applications regardless of location, ADC claims that traditional methods to provide mobile coverage cannot scale up to offer mobile operators the coverage, capacity and return on invested capital necessary to deliver 4G services...

Broadband Forum launches first ever certification program

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
18 February 2010
13916 views
  • Global
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Broadband Forum

The Broadband Forum took the opportunity of Mobile World Congress to announce its first ever certification program, as a crucial component in its drive to develop the full potential of broadband and support the smooth broadband architecture convergence around the world...

Comprion reveals first solution for combined LTE/USIM handset testing paving the way for LTE

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James Barton
Category: Devices & Platforms
18 February 2010
9436 views
  • Devices
  • Global
  • LTE
  • Rohde and Schwarz
  • USIM

Comprion has unveiled the first solution for LTE/USIM handset conformance testing according to 3GPP TS 31.121 USIM Rel-8...

Telmap Partners with GyPSii for Location-Enabled Social Media Solution

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James Barton
Category: Consumer Ecosystems
18 February 2010
8370 views
  • Global
  • Applications
  • Social Networking
  • GyPSii
  • Open API

GyPSii and Telmap have announced a partnership to develop and introduce advanced location-based social networking as part of Telmap’s Mobile Location Companion...

Qtel Group and Nokia Siemens Networks sign framework agreement to support global network operations

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James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
18 February 2010
8176 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Nokia Siemens Networks
  • Base Stations
  • Qatar

Qtel International has concluded a major framework agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks to support its long-term development strategy across international markets...

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